Tag: COVID-19 in South Africa

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Tests Positive for COVID-19

Aoko Benjamin

Ramaphosa who visited Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja less than 14 days ago, “started feeling unwell after leaving the State Memorial Service in honor of former Deputy President FW de Klerk in Cape Town earlier Monday.”   South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is receiving treatment for mild Covid-19 symptoms after testing positive on Sunday, the office of the presidency said in a statement. He has delegated all responsibilities to Deputy President David Mabuza for the next week. Ramaphosa “started feeling unwell after leaving the State Memorial Service in honor…

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South Africa Health Minister, Wife contract COVID-19

Aoko Benjamin

1,662 new coronavirus cases push South Africa’s figures to 703,793 with 18,471 deaths   South Africa’s health minister, Zweli Mkhize, and his wife, Dr. May Mkhize, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus as cases in the country surged pass 703,793. “I wish to inform the public that this afternoon my wife Dr. May Mkhize and I have tested positive for COVID-19,” Zweli Mkhize tweeted late Sunday. The top health official said he tested for COVID-19 on Saturday after he started showing mild symptoms. “I am now in quarantine at…

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Why S’Africa’s COVID-19 Infections Surged Pass 600,000

Aoko Benjamin

  South Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases have surpassed 600,000, the health ministry said although the number of new cases has been declining since a peak in July. Despite imposing one of the world’s toughest lockdowns at the end of March when the country had only a few hundred cases, South Africa saw a surge in coronavirus infections that has left it the hardest hit on the continent. The ministry said in a statement that more testing has made the cases to surge. South Africa now had a total of 603,338…

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South Africa Shuts Schools Again As COVID-19 deaths soar to 6,000

Aoko Benjamin

  South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the shutdown of public schools again barely two months after the schools were opened for academic activities. The closure which, according to him, is for a month from Monday, July 27, to limit the spread of coronavirus as the country grapples with surging infections. The country has now recorded 408,052 coronavirus cases, the fifth-highest in the world. More than 6,000 people have died from the virus. Rising infections have, according to a report by AFP, caused concern among teaching staff, with unions…

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